Joe Rinaldi's story sketches for Ichabod Crane are hilarious. For personality scenes like these (not necessarily in any order) he pretty much leaves out any background indications and focuses on the characters' attitudes and interactions. He gave Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston plenty of "Good stuff" to work with as far as visual springboards for their animation.
Sometimes we tend to give the animator all the credit for great poses and staging when in fact it was the story sketch artist who really came up with those things.
Credit where credit is due. I remember my last assignment for Disney was animating Tigger for the regrettably titled feature film Winnie the Pooh. The studio had just hired a few very young story artists, and they were absolutely terrific. I was able to use most of the character poses they came up with. It sure helped me to go through my footage very fast, which was required because of the film's small budget.
But I digress. Here's to Joe Rinaldi, one of the best story artists Disney has ever had.
